Google has surprised the mobile world by launching the first developer preview of Android N before time and now the 2nd developer preview has pushed to those who've installed the first one. Technically this is the third technical preview release for Android N, as the second launched immediately with no bug fix.

Android N Developer Preview 2 packs with many new features including intent shortcuts, which users can then add to their launcher to get stuff done quicker. For example, one such shortcut would let you send a message to a specific contact, or start navigating home in a mapping app.

Emoji Unicode 9 support is baked in too, which means people emoji will look more human. There are also skin tone variations built in, and Unicode 9 glyphs such as bacon, selfie, and face palm.

Certain general API changes have made the cut, as well as bug fixes of course, and a new 3D rendering API called Vulkan should help developers offer "a significant boost in performance for draw-call heavy applications". The full developer-focused details can be found at the Source link below.

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